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Medlumics SL provides medical imaging diagnostics services. It specializes in optically guided medical devices. The firm’s proprietary integrated optics platform technology combines optical and electrical components in a miniature chip, enabling for the first time complex multi view optical probes of the size of a grain of rice and ultra-portable, hand-held OCT systems that produces real-time images. The company was founded by Eduardo Margallo Balbás and Jose Luis Rubio Guivernau on April 3, 2009 and is headquartered in Tres Cantos, Spain.

Inbiomotion SL designs and develops diagnostic assays. It focus on genetic biomarkers, which predict the bone-specific metastases in cancer patients. The firm develops biomarker in breast cancer primary tumors for predicting the bone relapse. The company was founded by in 2010 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Roche Glycart AG discovers and develops drugs. It is active in the research and development of new potent antibody-based products for the treatment of unmet clinical needs such as cancer. It uses its proprietary set of technologies to endow therapeutic antibodies. The company has developed glycoengineering technology (GlycoMAb) to boost a natural mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies developed to mediate target cell killing. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Founded in 2004, Cellerix is a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative treatments based on cell therapy. Cellerix was founded within the Genetrix Group, group of biotechnology companies specialising in biomedicine. The Genetrix Group began its activities in 2001 at the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB), which belongs to the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). One of the main objectives of Genetrix is to convert basic research results into therapeutic realities. Cellerix is leading the development of a new generation of medicines using expanded adult stem cells from adipose tissue (eASCs). Development is at a clinically advanced stage and the results from clinical trials in Phase I and II have been very promising. Obtaining these eASCs has big advantages because the process makes use of tissue that is almost always discarded from surgical procedures such as liposuction. eASCs have the capacity to activate physiological repair mechanisms through interaction with affected tissue. This technology represents a revolution in the treatment of some diseases that cannot satisfactorily be cured at present. Cellerix is working actively to adapt this new therapeutic strategy to treat autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. The main goal of the company is to market new tools for treating these diseases, which have a considerable negative impact of the quality of life of the sufferers. Cellerix also researches and develops medicines in other areas such as the development of skin equivalents, which are initially intended for the treatment of hereditary diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa.

Sanifit Therapeutics SA develops pharmaceuticals for calcification disorders. Its pipeline consists of treatments for calcification disorders, such as calciphylaxis and osteoporosis. The company was founded by Felix Grases in 2004 and is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Prexton Therapeutics SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops novel therapeutic compounds as a new treatment for Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders. The company was founded by Francois Conquet in 2012 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Rainier Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops a targeted biologic for the potential treatment of metastatic bladder cancer. It provides Vofatamab, an antibody that is focused on the fibroblast growth factor of bladder and other cancer. The company was founded by Stephen Lau and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

Ona Therapeutics SL is a biotech company based in Barcelona, Spain that specializes in discovering and developing therapeutic biologics targeting tumor metastatic-initiating cells and lipid metabolism. The Spanish company's focus is on developing novel therapies against advanced cancer. The company was founded in 2019 by Salvador Aznar Benitah and Valerie Liesbeth Brigitte Vanhooren, with Valerie Liesbeth Brigitte Vanhooren serving as CEO since incorporation.

SpliceBio SL is a genetic medicines company based in Barcelona, Spain. The Spanish company harnesses its proprietary protein splicing platform to develop the next generation of gene therapies. SpliceBio's platform offers the potential to address diseases that currently cannot be treated with gene therapies because the necessary gene is too large to be delivered by -associated virus (AAV) vectors. The company's lead program targets Stargardt disease, a genetic eye disease that causes vision loss in children and adults. SpliceBio's platform is based on technology developed in the Muir lab at Princeton University after more than 20 years of pioneering intein and protein engineering research. The company was founded by Dominguez Silvia Frutos, Miquel Vila-Perelló, and Miquel Vila-Perelló has been the CEO since incorporation.

Minoryx Therapeutics SL engages in the development of drugs for the orphan genetic diseases of the central nervous system. The company was founded by Marc Martinell, Joan Aymami, Nigel Ten Fleming and Xavier Barril in 2011 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Asabys Partners SGEIC SA (Asabys Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Clara Campàs-Moya and Josep Lluís Sanfeliu Benet. The firm is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

STAT-Dx Life SL focuses on the development, manufacturing and commercialization of diagnostic solutions for fast and accurate diagnostic results of infectious diseases and critical care. It solution offers DiagCORE Cartridge, for sample and analyzation of cell material, nucleic acid purification, amplification and hybridization process. The company was founded by Jordi Cabrrera Fabra and Rafael Bru Gibert in 2010 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Xeltis AG develops medical devices to transform standards of care in heart valve replacement and vascular surgery. It develops fully bio absorbable synthetic heart valves and vascular grafts intended to enable for the first time the spontaneous growth of natural, healthy valves and vessels. Its medical device platform comprises bioabsorbable heart valves and blood vessels, designed to enable Endogenous Tissue Restoration (ETR), the natural restoration of the complex body part they replace upon implantation. The company was founded by Martijn Cox, Laurent Grandidier and Simon P. Hoerstrup in 2006 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

CorWave SA develops and manufactures blood pumps. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Assns is a trade association that promotes pharmaceutical discovery and development. The non-profit company is based in Brussels, Belgium.

EpiTherapeutics ApS is a holding company that develops cancer drugs based on research in the field of epigenetics. Its development programs are focused on enzymes involved in the regulation of transcription in cancer - current programs target histone demethylases and methyltransferases. The firm's regulation is commonly used for post-translational covalent modifications of histones and other chromatin-remodeling complexes, which determines whether a gene is accessible and hence, expressed or repressed. Its covalent modifications involved in epigenetic regulation include deoxyribonucleic acid methylation, histone acetylation, and histone methylation. The company was founded by Kristian Helin, Paul Andreas Compare Cloos, Jesper Aagaard Christensen, Karl Agger, and Klaus Hansen on September 18, 2008 and is headquartered in Greve, Denmark.

Part of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ACADIA Pharmaceuticals A/S utilizes technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development. The company is based in Glostrup, Denmark. The Danish company was founded by Peter Høngaard Andersen.

Abingworth Management, Inc. invests in life sciences and biomedical companies. The firm's investment in enables technologies, devices and instrumentation as well as companies developing products in therapeutic areas. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Lundbeck Pharma A/S markets and sells medicines within Central Nervous System. It specializes in various illnesses and conditions such as depression, Schizophrenia, anxiety, alcohol dependence, and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. The company was founded on January 1, 1988 and is headquartered in Valby, Denmark.

Lundbeck Research USA, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products and information to the medical community. The firm engages in the drug discovery aimed at treating central nervous system diseases by designing small molecule therapeutics. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Paramus, NJ.

Glycom A/S engages in the development, synthesis, and commercialization of human milk oligosaccharides. It develops chemical and enzymatic technologies for synthesis of human milk oligosaccharide powders. The company was founded by Gyuala Dekany, Mark von Itzstein, Joachim Erich Thiem, Arnold Stutz, and Inge Lundt on March 22, 2005 and is headquartered in Horsholm, Denmark.

Ossianix, Inc. develops single domain antibodies. It develops biotherapeutic products using the versatile single domain VNAR antibody from the shark and also developed highly innovative approaches to target specific cells and tissues such as the brain via the blood brain barrier and peripheral nerve via the neuromuscular junction. The company was founded by Frank S. Walshin, J. Lynn Rutkowski and Corey S. Goodman in 2011 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Therini Bio, Inc. engages in research and development in the field of biotechnology. The company was founded by Katerina Akassoglou in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Highlight Therapeutics develops ribonucleic acid-based therapies and novel targets in cancer and immune cells. Its product BO-112, induces immunogenic cell death in solid tumors and simultaneously activates the innate immune system to ensure optimal antigen processing and presentation to the adaptive immune system. The company was founded by Damia tormo Carulla and is headquartered in Paterna, Spain.

Synendos Therapeutics AG develops molecules for the treatment of anxiety and stress-related disorders. The company was founded by Andrea Chicca, Simon Russell and Jürg Gertsch in April 2019 and is headquartered in Allschwil, Switzerland.

Anaconda Biomed SL manufactures healthcare devices. It develops catheters for mechanical thrombectomies. The company was founded by Marc Ribo and Ofir Arad and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.